"I lived on the top of one hill……" — Roger Bannister

"I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car - we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training."

— Roger Bannister

53 Quotes by Roger Bannister

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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think…
I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and…
If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always…
Athletics is a luxury.
I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.
I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part…
Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I…
The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher…
The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a…
Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.

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"I lived on the top of one hill……" — Roger Bannister

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